“The pendulum has swung too far and there is too much chemical coping,” says geriatrician
Cara Tannenbaum, the codirector of CaDeN—the network of physicians, pharmacists and …

An Ontario pharmacist has received a government grant to develop clinical guidelines to
help doctors determine whether patients are on medications they no longer need or that …

Within that group, people aged 60 to 79 years were more than twice as likely to have used at
least 5 prescription drugs in the previous month as those aged 40 to 59 years, according to …

Background Many older adults believe a pill will fix what ails them. In the United States, two-
thirds of adults aged 65 years and older take at least 5 medications daily (Kim & Parish …

Medication overload‐or harmful polypharmacy‐is a widespread and growing public health
issue, impacting millions of older Americans each year. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned …

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Many older adults take multiple prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, and
dietary supplements. Medications are important for preventing and managing a wide range …

The overall purpose of this rapid response is to summarize the most relevant and recent
literature on deprescribing interventions to reduce polypharmacy or PIMs among adults …

Deprescribing refers to reducing or stopping medications that may no longer be needed,
may be causing more harm than good, or may not align with a patient's healthcare goals and …

Why is it so hard to stop medications? Pharmacists see it all the time—elderly patients taking
15, 20, sometimes 25 medications. Pill burden can be as high as 60 doses per day. Patients …